GATE Exam Pattern

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an all India examination which is organized for admission in various post-graduate education programs. GATE Exam Pattern will assist you in knowing about marking scheme, time duration, number of questions asked in the examination. Aspirants who are willing to take admission in M.E., M. Tech, Direct Ph. D programmes in IITs, NITs, GFTI and various private institutions may go through GATE Paper Structure which is given on this page. Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering consists of total 65 questions carrying 100 marks. GATE Online Exam is going to be organized in first week of February 2018 (Saturdays & Sundays). This exam is organized by seven zonal IITs and an IISc on rotation basis. Acquire all details about GATE Exam Pattern 2018 such as New Marking Scheme, Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering Paper Structure, GATE Exam dates etc.

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Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering exam

GATE Paper Pattern

GATE Marking Scheme

Graduate Aptitude Test Online Exam Dates

Exam Pattern for Various Papers

Motto of conducting Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering

Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering is a computer based test (CBT). Candidate will be given a computer to answer the questions displayed on the screen. The main motto of conducting GATE exam is to test and core subject knowledge of the candidates in applied courses’ subjects. Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering Exam Pattern consist the overall structure of the question paper. It consists of two different type of question like multiple choice questions (MCQ) and numerical answer questions. MCQ questions are objective in nature having four options, out of which candidates have to choose one correct option. To know more about GATE Exam Pattern 2018, have a glance on below of this page, well prepared by team of recruitmentresult.com

Attention Please: Technical Questions will be based on stream you selected as shown in below stated table, have a look…

Sr. No.

GATE 2018 Paper

Code

1

Aerospace Engineering

AE

2

Agricultural Engineering

AG

3

Biotechnology

BT

4

Civil Engineering

CE

5

Chemical Engineering

CH

6

Computer Science and Information Technology

CS

7

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC

8

Electrical Engineering

EE

9

Instrumentation Engineering

IN

10

Mechanical Engineering

ME

11

Mining Engineering

MN

12

Metallurgical Engineering

MT

13

Petroleum Engineering

PE

14

Production and Industrial Engineering

PI

15

Textile Engineering and Fibre Science

TF

16

Engineering Sciences

XE*

17

Life Sciences

XL*

18

Architecture and Planning

AR

19

Chemistry

CY

20

Ecology and Evolution

EY

21

Geology and Geophysics: In addition to General Ability, the Question Paper will have Part A common & compulsory for all candidates with 25 questions of 1 mark Part B has Section 1 (Geology) and Section 2 (Geo-physics). Candidates can answer any one section 30 questions for 2 marks each

Despite of core subject of paper, General Aptitude (GA) is common section in each paper of Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering.

Marking Scheme:

There is a provision of negative marking in GATE for multiple choice questions but remember, for Numerical answer type questions, there is no negative marking.

For 1-mark question, 1/3 mark will be deducted for wrong answers.

For 2 marks question, 2/3 marks will be deducted as negative marking.

Question Types

Negative Marking Scheme

Marks to be deducted

For 1 mark MCQs

1/3 mark will be deducted for incorrect responses

0.33

For 2 marks MCQs

2/3 mark will be deducted for incorrect responses

0.66

Numerical Answer type questions (NAT)

No negative marking

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Do You Know Who Conduct GATE Exam?

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is conducted mutually by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology that is: (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordination Board: GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India. Now this year, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is organized by IIT, Roorkee.